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Opening QuestionsThe following helpful article on opening questions was created by J.Elise Keith of Lucid Meetings, who provide software, training and resources for meetings. She writes … Read more |
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Managing ArrivalArrival is all about getting the right people at the right time with the right attitudes and expectations.The ideal is that people arrive fully prepared … Read more |
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Bringing the best version of yourself …You have probably heard the phrase ‘bring your “A game”‘. It reflects the idea that we can turn up in different states of preparedness and … Read more |
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Who should I invite to my meetings?Meetings should exist for one purpose only – to change the attitudes and/or understanding of the people attending. The products of an effective meeting leave … Read more |
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Contracting participationHave you ever been in one of those meetings where it is clear that some people really don’t want to be there, and others try … Read more |
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Power positioningSeats around a meeting room table are not all of equal influence. The smooth transfer of the conversation from one speaker to the next is … Read more |
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Meetings selection chart“It is a strange quality of the human psyche how, if the most familiar tool in your kitbag is a hammer, all the problems come … Read more |
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Icebreakers, questions, creative exercises‘Ice’ in a meeting is the invisible barrier that suppresses individual contributions. It starts out quite normally in waiting for the host of the meeting … Read more |
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Mixed meetings and mediumsFor centuries, meetings have been our key mechanism for collaboration, but the nature of collaboration is changing as never before, and with it, the concept … Read more |